(WXIA) -- New York Times bestselling author Sarah Addison Allen will hold two readings in the Atlanta area later this month.

Allen's latest novel, First Frost, features the characters from her popular book Garden Spells. Book Atlanta provided this summary of First Frost:

It's October in the small town of Bascom, N.C., home of the Waverley sisters who have become restless through the quirks of their mischievous apple tree ... and all the magic that spins around it. Each of the sisters is struggling with problems which are taking too much time and causing them to lose their balance and their belief in themselves. When a mysterious stranger shows up and challenges the heart of their family, each of them must make choices they have never confronted before and search for a way to hold their family together during this upsetting season of change.

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ATLANTA -- The Fox Theatre presents The State Ballet Theatre of Russia's production of Swan Lake on Sunday, Jan. 11 at  3 p.m.

This full-scale production, based on Russian folklore and German legend, is about a prince named Siegfried who falls in love with the Swan Princess, Odette. She is a swan by day, but a young woman at night. She is under a magic spell which can only be broken by a man who will promise to love her for eternity; Siegfried makes the promise. However, he is tricked by the magician who cast the spell.

The State Ballet Theatre of Russia presents 50 of Russia’s brightest ballet stars to bring this romantic tale of true love to glorious life.

Founded by legendary dancer and former Prima Ballerina of The Bolshoi Theater Ballet, Maya Plissetskaya, The State Ballet Theatre of Russia presents one of the greatest classical ballets of all time, described as “full of enchantment” by The New York Times.